By Ryan Reed, eMusic ContributorThe Flaming Lips have never shied away from life's unavoidable existential dramas — Death, Love, Depression, The Afterlife (or lack thereof). But The Lips have never made "depressing" music: Steven Drozd, the band's multi-instrumentalist and… more »
By Dan Hyman, eMusic ContributorHidden within the cheery, let's-release-music-in-a-gummy-bear-and-ride-through-life-in-a-metaphorical-plastic-bubble public persona that has come to define The Flaming Lips over the past decade, darker things have been lurking: angst, anxiety, a deep fear of the unknown. And while the… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorHelping the Flaming Lips ease the pain of losing Erykah Badu's racy "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" footage has apparently earned Amanda Palmer a life-long friend and collaborator in Wayne Coyne. As… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorSome artists just have it: the ability to lead us around by the nose. We happily let them do anything; they have passports to go anywhere, try whatever crazy idea pops into their head. Wear… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorNo one combines sawmill-roar noise, dying-planet sadness and mad-scientist glee with the heartfelt sincerity of The Flaming Lips. In return, the music world writes Wayne Coyne and his fellow Oklahomans a blank creative check, which… more »